![]() But I’ve always enjoyed listening to songs that had meaning and concepts, that hit home, that were honest. That’s what I thought I wanted to be as far as lyrics and my subject matter. To be honest, some of my earliest stuff, I had some female oriented rhymes! To go along with the whole Playboy Tre thing. What did you sound like when you started? The earliest stuff I’ve heard is the YBM shit. It gave me a vehicle to express things how I wanted to. That gave me some focus in life to just put certain things down that I didn’t need, that I was taking through life with me. I like accomplishing whatever it is I set out to do. I’m not a person who likes to lose…never been a sore loser but I don’t like to lose. Might sound crazy but I had a moment of clarity. But then also when I was a teenager, I came to the decision that I wanted to rap. To be around my friends and rap, whatever. And that got me to where I just wanted to rap. He made me want to start in that world, turn poems into rap. It was going out with my friend Aday, who was a real big influence on me. When did you first decide to take rap seriously? ![]() ![]() I spoke with Tre about building a fanbase, his favourite beer and his unique sense of humor. His most recent tape is last year’s “The Last Call, “a more meditative release which sees Tre reflecting more on his family and his childhood in Atlanta. In between, Tre keeps busy writing choruses for rappers like T.I. ![]() He first made an impact as a solo artist with the excellent “Goodbye America” tape in ’08, and followed it up with the even-better “Liquor Store Mascot” in ’09. Though known to most as B.O.B.’s right hand, ATLien Playboy Tre (born Clarence Montgomery) has carved out his own niche in the rap game as a thoughtful storyteller and skillful shit-talker with a trio of excellent, cohesive mixtapes. ![]()
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